Re: Misting Nozzles

John Taylor [The Banshee] (rphjt@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU)
Wed, 27 Oct 93 15:58:02 +0000

>I just received my order of some misting nozzles that will consume .4 gallons
>per hour at 50 PSI. I will install it after Holloween and let you know how it
>turn out. The picture of your Nepenthes come out quite good. I will finish
>the rest the second film then I will sent them all to you at one time.
>Thank you for letting Hailey fed you back yard bird. He had a really nice
>time.

What brand of misters are they? I've got a couple of Moss misters in my
glasshouse which do a pretty good job. The only problems are that I had to
use the full-circle inserts to get proper coverage (which means that 40% of
the water washes the glass...) and that the waterdrops flatten sundews and
especially Utric. flower stalks... One useful tip we learnt was to form a
looped circuit - this gives much better distribution than a straight pipe
(where the first nozzle hogs all the water pressure). Don't forget to use a
suitable inline water filter!

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